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isaiah 3
1 - For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support,the whole supply of bread,and the whole supply of water;
2 - the mighty man,the man of war,the judge,the prophet,the diviner,the elder,
3 - the captain of fifty,the honorable man,the counselor,the skilled craftsman,and the clever enchanter.
4 - I will give boys to be their princes,and children shall rule over them.
5 - The people will be oppressed,everyone by another,and everyone by his neighbor.The child will behave himself proudly against the old man,and the base against the honorable.
6 - Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying,"You have clothing, you be our ruler,and let this ruin be under your hand."
7 - In that day he will cry out, saying, "I will not be a healer;for in my house is neither bread nor clothing.You shall not make me ruler of the people."
8 - For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen;because their tongue and their doings are against The LORD,to provoke the eyes of his glory.
9 - The look of their faces testify against them.They parade their sin like Sodom.They don't hide it.Woe to their soul!For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
10 - Tell the righteous "Good!"For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 - Woe to the wicked!Disaster is upon them;for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
12 - As for my people, children are their oppressors,and women rule over them.My people, those who lead you cause you to err,and destroy the way of your paths.
13 - The LORD stands up to contend,and stands to judge the peoples.
14 - The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people,and their leaders:"It is you who have eaten up the vineyard.The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
15 - What do you mean that you crush my people,and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.
16 - Moreover the LORD said, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes,walking to trip as they go,jingling ornaments on their feet;
17 - therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion,and the LORD will make their scalps bald."
18 - In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,
22 - the fine robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses,
23 - the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls.
24 - It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness;instead of a belt, a rope;instead of well set hair, baldness;instead of a robe, a wearing of sackcloth;and branding instead of beauty.
25 - Your men shall fall by the sword,and your mighty in the war.
26 - Her gates shall lament and mourn;and she shall be desolate and sit on the ground.